All My Children has launched a casting search for a veteran of the Iraq War to join the series in a new role.

According to TV Guide, the show is hoping to cast the role of Brot, an injured veteran who plays the believed-dead love interest of Beth Ehlers' Lt. Taylor Thomas. That character came to Pine Valley to deliver service medals to Dr. Fankie Hubbard.

When Thomas finds out Brot is alive, the couple reunites, with flash backs reveals for each along the way.

Executive producer Julie Hanan Carruthers said that casting a real-life veteran "will give this character an authentic and specific personal perspective, combined with a unique sensibility."

Carruthers also said the series will partner with USA Cares, an organization that supports 9/11 veterans and their families to "ensure that we tell this story honestly and accurately.” Sounds admirable to us.

This isn't the first time All My Children has incorporated a real-life military situation into the show. It had story lines in the 1970s that were focused on the Vietnam War.